Husky pride shines as students celebrate Olympic gold medal for four Northeastern graduates on Team USA
Husky hockey fans gathered at the Curry Student Center to watch four former Northeastern women’s hockey players and the rest of Team USA win gold medals at the Olympic Games Thursday afternoon.
“I’ve been watching Northeastern hockey since I came in as a freshman,” said fourth-year student Breanna Adel during a campus watch party where she sat with a group of friends at a table decorated with red and black pompons to cheer on Northeastern graduates Aerin Frankel, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Hayley Scamurra and Gwyneth Philips.
Team USA defeated Canada, 2-1, in overtime, with Frankel stopping all but one shot.
Fourth-year student Sheena Ball said it was thrilling to see the women who formerly played for Northeastern shine on a global stage at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. “It’s been a great spotlight” for women’s sports, she said. “It’s a great way to celebrate how big an achievement it is.”
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Third-year student Andrew Longo was at the watch party in his role as news director of NU TV. He said it was nice to see how engaged and sociable the student crowd was at Curry, where Longo is used to seeing students “looking down” and studying.
Several students brought laptops and said they had to leave before the game was over to attend class, although Adel said she planned to stay until the game’s end since Thursday was a homework day.
First-year student Sankeerth Adisha took a photo of one of the big screens and said he was originally drawn to the watch party when he saw pizza being handed out. He said he stayed to soak up the campus spirit and “being together, having fun.”
Husky loyalty was rewarded when the U.S. women’s team beat the Canadian team in overtime to take the gold. Frankel, Philips, Coyne Schofield and Scamurra weren’t the only Huskies to medal during the winter Olympics.
Current student Alessia Baechler, graduate Alina Mueller and incoming freshman Ivana Wey took home the bronze as members of Switzerland’s women’s Olympic hockey team.
